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(No Model.)

G. K. KELSEA..

CARD HOLDER.

No. 454,277. Patented June 16,1891.

f f 4 A 4 UNITED STATES PATENT Enron.

GEORGE K. KELSEA, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR OF TIVO-THIRDS TOCHARLES H. HUTCI-IINS, OF SAME PLACE.

CARD-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 454,277, dated June 16,1891.

Application filed November 13, 1890- Serial No. 371,361- (No model.)

. the following is a specification, reference being had therein to theaccompanying drawings.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in card-holdersespecially intended to be applied to railway-cars to hold the tags ordirection-cards to indicate the dostination of the car.

The invention consists in the peculiar construction of a raised openframe secured to the side of the car and a spring-actuated plate adaptedto bear against this frame, with suitable devicessuch as pins -on theframe engaging through apertures in the plate for holding the card inits adjusted position.

The invention further consists in the peculiar construction of theframe, whereby the device is simplified in construction and the cost ofmanufacture greatly cheapened, all as more fully hereinafter described.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a car to which mydevice is attached. Fig. 2 is a detached perspective view of the cardholder with the card in position. Fig. 3 is a vertical central sectionof Fig. 2. Fig. 4c is a detached perspective view of the wire frame.

My improved card-holder consists of two parts-a rigid open-work frame A,secured to the side of the car, and the spring-actuated plate B, securedat one end to the car and adapted to bear against the under side of theframe A by the tension of the spring.

The frame A is provided with a series of points or pins C, which engagethrough apertures D in the plate 13 and which, when the card E is inposition, pass likewise through the card and prevent its disengagementfrom the holder. The card may be readily disengaged, if desired, bysimply pressing down 011 the lower end of the plate B, which withdrawsthe pins from their apertures D in the plate and from the car and allowsof its withdrawal. This broadly constitutes my invention. The specificconstruction of the parts is as follows:

I take a single piece of springwire and bend it to form a securingportion (L, which may be secured upon the car by means of suitablestaples b, the cross-bar c, which is raised from the side of and withinthe car by the portions d, bent at right angles to the securing portiona, and the spring-arms 6 upon either side of the cross-bar, the ends ofthe Wires being bent toward each other to form the connecting-bar f. Theportions 6 f constitute a rectangular spring-frame, which I cover with asuitable plate g, preferably of tin, the tin being secured to the wireframe by turning its edges over upon the wire, as plainly shown in Figs.2 and 3. The plate 9 extends to the upper end of the rectangularspring-frame.

7b are a series of wires secured at their upper ends to the upper edgeof the plate g in any suitable manner, and at their lower ends they arecoiled around the cross-bar c, the ends being formed into thedownwardly-projecting pins C, previously described. These pins may besuitably sharpened to readily puncture the card.

It will be seen that when this device is secured upon the car-frame theupper edge of the spring-plate will be flush, ornearly so, with the sideof the car and it will slant outward gradually, being held tightly incontact with the under side of the cross-bar c. This constructionprevents accumulation of any snow, cinders, or other similar material.

The device is light, strong, and easily operated.

Making the plate 9 of sheet metal and having it project away from thesides of the car prevents the use of tacks to secure the card inposition.

If the plate is withdrawn and the card adheres to the points, it isevident that it can be readily pushed off without leaving any portionsattached to the car. There is also no danger of cards freezing inposition or the clogging up of the device from snow or ice.

WVhile I prefer the precise construction which I have shown as being themost simple of manufacture, it is evident that other forms may bedevised to accomplish the same result, and I do not desire to limitmyself to the precise form of construction; but

,WVhat I claim is- 1. A card-holder consisting of a frame havingvertical side bars connected by a crossbar, a spring-actuated platesecured to the frame and extending back of the cross-bar, and a framesecured to the plate and crossbar, having teeth on its lower end,substantially as described.

2. In a card-holder, the combination of a rectangular inclined framehaving its upper ends bent down and extending Vertically to a point ator near the center of the frame, the lower ends being bent out, across-bar connecting the bent-out portions of the lower ends andextending acrossthe front of the frame, a plate 011 the frame, andinwardlyprojectingteeth on the cross-bar,substantially as described.

In a card-holder, the combination of a rectangular inclined frame havingits upper ends bent down and extending vertically to a point at or nearthe center of the frame, a cross-bar connecting the lower ends andextending across the front of the frame, an upwardly-extending framesecured to the crossbar, inwardly-projecting teeth formed by the ends ofthe wires of said frame, and a plate secured to the inclined portion ofthe rectangular frame and to the upper end of the upwardly-extendingframe, substantially as described.

I. As an article 01. manufacture, a cardholder consisting of a wireframe bent to form the securing portions (Z, a cross-bar c, and therectangular spring-frame cf, of the plate y, secured thereto, and thewires h, secured at one end to the plate and at the other end to thecross-bar and having their ends extending below the cross-bar and.forming the pins C, substantially as described.

5. In a card-holder, the combinationpvith a spring-actuated plate, ofthe raised frame A, consisting of the cross-bar c and the wires 71', andthe pins 0, formed by the downwardlyprojecting ends of the wires h,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signatu rein presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE K. KELSEA.

Witnesses:

M. B. ODOGHERTY, P. M. HULBER'r.

